New Challenges to Philosophy of Science

Wenceslao J. Gonzalez, Preface,- Teams A and D: The Philosophy of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence.- Jesse Alama, Reinhard Kahle, Computing with Mathematical Arguments.- Dennis Dieks, Is There a Unique Physical Entropy? Micro versus Macro.- Luciano Floridi, A Defence of the Principle of Information Closure against the Sceptical Objection.- Roberto Giuntini, Hector Freytes, Antonio Ledda, Giuseppe Sergioli, Probabilistic Logics in Quantum Computation.- Alexei Grinbaum, Quantum Observer, Information Theory and Kolmogorov Complexity.- Leon Horsten, Mathematical Philosophy?.- Ulriche Pompe, The Value of Computer Science for Brain Research.- Sam Sanders, On Algorithm and Robustness in a Non-standard Sense.- Francisco C. Santos, Jorge M. Pacheco, Behavioral Dynamics under Climate Change Dilemmas.- Sonja Smets, Reasoning about Quantum Actions: A Logician's Perspective.- Leszek Wronski, Branching Space-Times and Parallel Processing.- Team B: Philosophy of Systems Biology.- Gabriele Gramelsberger, Simulation and System Understanding.- Tarja Knuuttila, Andrea Loettgers, Synthetic Biology as an Engineering Science? Analogical Reasoning, Synthetic Modeling, and Integration.- Anders Strand, Gry Oftedal, Causation and Counterfactual Dependence in Robust Biological Systems.- Melinda Bonnie Fagan, Experimenting Communities in Stem Cell Biology: Exemplars and Interdisciplinarity.- William Bechtel, From Molecules to Networks: Adoption of Systems Approaches in Circadian Rhythm Research.- Olaf Wolkenhauer, Jan-Hendrik Hofmeyr, Interdisciplinarity as both Necessity and Hurdle for Progress in the Life Sciences.- Team C: The Sciences of the Artificial vs. the Cultural and Social Sciences.- Amparo Gómez, Archaeology and Scientific Explanation: Naturalism, Interpretivism and 'A Third Way'.- Demetris Portides, Idealization in Economics Modeling.- Ilkka Niiniluoto, On the Philosophy of Applied Social Sciences.- Arto Siitonen, The Status of Library Science: From Classification to Digitalization.- Paolo Garbolino, The Scientification of Forensic Practice.- Wenceslao J. Gonzalez, The Sciences of Design as Sciences of Complexity: The Dynamic Trait.- Subrata Dasgupta, Epistemic Complexity and the Sciences of the Artificial.- María José Arrojo, Communication Sciences as Sciences of the Artificial: The Analysis of the Digital Terrestrial Television.- Team E: The Philosophy of the Sciences that Received Philosophy of Science Neglected: Historical Perspective.- Elisabeth Nemeth, The Philosophy of the Other Austrian Economics.- Veronika Hofer, Philosophy of Biology in Early Logical Empiricism.- Julie Zahle, Participant Observation and Objectivity in Anthropology.- Jean-Marc Drouin, Three Philosophical Approaches to Entomology.- Anastasios Brenner, François Henn, Chemistry and French Philosophy of Science. A Comparison of Historical and Contemporary Views.- Cristina Chimisso, The Life Sciences and French Philosophy of Science: Georges Canguilhem on Norms.- Massimo Ferrari, Neglected History: Giulio Preti, the Italian Philosophy of Science, and the Neo-Kantian Tradition.- Thomas Mormann, Topology as an Issue for History of Philosophy of Science.- Graham Stevens, Philosophy, Linguistics, and the Philosophy of Linguistics.- PSE Symposium at EPSA 2011: New Challenges to Philosophy of Science.- Olav Gjelsvik, Philosophy as Interdisciplinary Research.- Theo Kuipers, Philosophy of Design Research.- Raffaella Campaner, Philosophy of Medicine and Model Design.- Roman Frigg, Seamus Bradley, Reason L. Machete, Leonard A. Smith, Probabilistic Forecasting: Why Model Imperfection Is a Poison Pill.- Daniel Andler, Dissensus in Science as a Fact and as a Norm.